Index-card holder for cash-registers.



PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904.

H. B. WHITEHOUSE. INDEX CARD HOLDER FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 24, 1900.

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N0 MODEL No. 771,289. Patented October 4, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY B. WHITEHOUSE, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NET/V JERSEY, A CORPO- RATION OF NEW JERSEY.

INDEX-CARD HOLDER FOR CASH-REGISTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,289, dated October 4, 1904. pp i ti n filed December 24:, 1900. Serial No. 40,884. (No model.)

TO whom it y COW/067%! removable, so thatothers may be inserted or Be it known that I, HARRY B. VVHITEHOUSE, those in use transposed, as desired. This a citizen of the United States, residing at structure will enable the proprietor to desig- 5 Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of nate the special-lettered keys by any desired Nebraska, have invented certain new and usewords-such as butter, rice, eggs, ful Improvements in Index-Card Holders for &c., and thus secure any desired subdivision Gash-Registers, of which I declare the followof sales. ing to be a full, clear, and exact description. The cards 6 are held firmly in place under This invention relates to improvements in pressure by the plate 7. Apertures 12 are 10 index-plates, and relates more particularly to formed in this plate 7, preferably by stampindex-plates for cash-registers. ing, so that downwardly-extending flanges 11 The object of the invention is to provide a (see Figs. 2 and 6) will extend about the sevconvenient holder for index-cards whereby eral apertures. WVhen the plate 7 is placed the latter may be changed at will and without over the plate 6, the flanges 11 enter the ap- 5 the use of tools. ertures l0 and engage the index-cards to hold In the accompanying drawings, forming them firmly in place. This plate? is provided part of this specification, Figure 1 represents atits lower end with akeyhole-slot 13, through a detail perspective view of the device emwhichthehead oi'thelowerscrew9isslipped in 5 bodying my invention applied to a cash-regapplying and removing the plate. By means 2 ister of the type shown in the patent of Messrs. of this construction it is not necessary to re Oleal 5: Reinhard, No. 580,37 8, dated April move the screw 9 in order to remove the plate 7 13, 1897, all of the printer excepting the and change theindex-cards, as the plate may be printing-segments beingomitted. Fig. 2repslid longitudinally and disengaged from the 7 resentsa detail vertical section, partly broken head of the screw, as will be readily under- 25 away, through said index-holder and the cashstood. The upper end of the plate is proregister cabinet to which it is applied. Figs. vided with a screw-aperture similar to the re- 3, 4:, and 5 represent, respectively, front elemaining plates. The screws 8 and 9 pass vations of the three plates of which the inthrough all of the plates and enter suitable dex-holder is made up; and Fig. 6 represents screw-threaded apertures in the cabinet. The

3 a fragmentary enlargement of Fig. 2. screw 8 is formed with a milled thumb-knob,

In the said drawings, 1 represents the eabiso that the screw may be readily removed net or casing of the cash-register; 2, the spewhen it is desired to change the cards. The cial clerks or department keys, and 5, 6, and locations of the apertures 12 are such as to 7 the respective plates of my index card bring them in proximity to the respective 3 5 holder. keys, so that the cards may be read in con- The base-plate 5 of the holder is apertured nection with the keys opposite to which they at its opposite ends to permit of its being seare located. By means of the above-described cured to the cabinet by the attaching-screws devices the lettered keys may be made to des- 5 8 and 9, said plate in the present instance beignate any desired department, class, or clerk,

4 ing curved to fit the contour of the cabinet. and these designations may be changed or al- The plate 6 is similarly apertured, so that it tered at will, the markings of the keys remay be secured over the plate 5, and in addimaining the same. It will also be noted that tion this plate is provided with rectangular the apertures 12 are smaller than the aper- 9 apertures 10, adapted to receive small cards tures 10, so that the cards are held firmly in 45 6, upon which any desired words indicative place by the plate 7, and there is no danger of a department, class, or individual may be of the cards slipping out through the openmarked or otherwise aflixed. These cards are ings 12.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1, The combination with a card-supporting plate, of a card-retaining plate formed with sight-apertures which are surrounded by retaining-flanges extending at an angle to the plate so as to engage the card upon the supporting-plate, and means for securing the two plates together.

2. The combination with a card-receiving plate, of a card-retaining plate formed with sightapertures, a keyhole aperture and a screw-aperture; a rigid headed screw for engagement with the. walls of the keyhole-aperture; and a thumb-screw for securing the plates together, said screw passing through the screw-aperture of the retaining-plate.

3. The combination with a card-supporting plate, of a card-retaining plate formed with sight-apertures and retaining-flanges, which latter extend at an angle to the plate so as to engage the cards upon the supporting-plate.

4. The combination with a card-receiving plate, of a card-retaining plate formed with apertures and surrounded by retaining-flanges which extend at right angles to said plate, and means for securing the two plates together.

5. The combination with the card-receiving plate, of a card-retaining plate formed with sight-apertures which are surrounded by retaming-flanges extending at right angles to the plate and a keyhole-aperture and a screwaperture, and detachable screws for securing the two plates together passing through the .respective keyhole and screw apertures.

6. The combination with a recessed cardreceiving plate, of a retaining-plate having sight-apertures and retaining-flanges, which latter are arranged to project into the cardrecesses of the receiving-plate when the two plates are brought together, and means for securing the plates in position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY B. WHTTEHOUSE. Witnesses:

\VM. 0. GILBERT, A. T. RYAN. 

